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National Fire Research Laboratory Metrology and Operations Project
Last Updated Date: 01/02/2013 The ability to conduct safe, repeatable and accurate intermediate and large scale fire experiments is essential to understanding fire behavior and … more
Fire Modeling for Performance-Based Design Project
Last Updated Date: 01/02/2013 Two NIST models, CFAST (Consolidated Fire And Smoke Transport) and FDS (Fire Dynamics Simulator), are the most widely used models worldwide for … more
Safety of Building Occupants Projects
Last Updated Date: 01/02/2013 NIST will develop best practices, guidance, and pre-standards for the design and performance prediction of building and community emergency … more
Advanced Fire Detection Project
Last Updated Date: 01/02/2013 By 2014, this project will develop the technology to significantly reduce residential fire deaths through demonstration of economical advanced … more
National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program
Last Updated Date: 01/02/2013 NIST is designated by Congress as one of four agencies comprising the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program [1] or NWIRP (other agencies are … more
Measures of Building Resilience and Structural Robustness Project
Last Updated Date: 01/02/2013 Disaster resilience of a building or a community is the capability to quickly restore full functionality following an extreme event. … more
Fire Resistance Design and Retrofit of Structures Project
Last Updated Date: 01/02/2013 This project will develop and implement tools, methodology, guidance, and pre-standards for designing and evaluating structures for fire … more
Wind Engineering and Multi-Hazard Failure Analysis Project
Last Updated Date: 01/02/2013 Multi-hazard design is a potentially powerful means to achieve structures that meet the requirement of risk consistency with respect to safety … more
Disaster and Failure Studies Project
Last Updated Date: 01/02/2013 Hazards are a continuing and significant threat to U.S. communities including earthquakes, wind-related hazards (hurricanes, tornadoes, … more
Advanced Gas-Phase Fire Retardants Project
Last Updated Date: 12/31/2012 There is high motivation in industry to replace the widely used brominated fire retardants (and their antimony synergist). In order to … more
Reduced Flammability of Upholstered Furniture Project
Last Updated Date: 12/31/2012 This project will produce the measurement science needed to enable the reduction of the contribution of residential upholstered furniture to the … more
Reduced Ignition and Flame Spread with Nano-Engineered Foam Project
Last Updated Date: 12/31/2012 This research will enable commercialization of a reduced flammability, inexpensive, and EHS [1] compliant polyurethane foam and a high smoldering … more
National Fire Research Laboratory Infrastructure and Commissioning Project
Last Updated Date: 12/31/2012 At present, there is no research facility in the world that allows scientists and engineers to conduct research on the response of real-scale … more
Long Term Performance of Concrete Project
Last Updated Date: 12/31/2012 Sustainable concrete construction design for durability requires performance-based knowledge of expected durability and service life … more
Measurement Science to Assure the Performance of Green Concretes Project
Last Updated Date: 12/31/2012 An effective strategy for making a more “green” concrete is to replace the portland cement (the binding component with large … more |
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